The Academy's Barbarian-Chapter 337
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Time went by so fast.
After leaving the Grand Canyon, the Ulan party and the imperial army marched as scheduled, and finally reached their destination, the Sanctuary of the Desert Church..
“Arrived earlier than expected.”
“It's only one day.”
Sven shrugged his shoulders at Perticia's muttering as he looked around the sanctuary..
As the two said, the imperial army's march was a little faster than expected, so they arrived at their destination on the fourth night instead of five days..
“than that…….”
Sven narrowed his eyes..
He looked back at Muak and Syrpi, who served as guides, and asked with a puzzled look..
“This is the sanctuary of the Desert Church?”
“exactly.”
“It's too quiet for something like that?”
Sven tilted his head. As he said, there were no signs of popularity in the sanctuary of the church..
Of course, there were traces of someone stationed there, but that was all. Cultists or monsters from the abyss were nowhere to be found..
“is this really the right place? not an illusion?”
Istan also looked at Muak with suspicious eyes. Then, Muak nodded his head repeatedly with an expression of regret..
“that's correct however…….”
“however?”
“It's definitely a bit odd. It used to be a quiet place, but not to this extent..”
A terrifying sense of stillness.
A place where not even the chirping of insects can be heard, and only the dreary sound of the dry wind brushing the sand is heard..
Muak also groaned as if he wasn't used to the sanctuary's current state. Just as time went by, Rick Seo opened his mouth..
“How about searching around first??”
“Yes, I'd rather.”
Istan nodded in agreement..
After a while, he mobilized the Imperial Army's reconnaissance unit, including the Crow Brigade, and ordered a search near the sanctuary..
It was accompanied by an order to bring anything that looked suspicious or special. By the time that not so short time passed.
“Yes, Commander.!”
“Found dead bodies of cultists!”
The long awaited report came..
Istan and Ulan, who were building a temporary garrison, followed the reconnaissance unit to the place where the bodies of the cultists were found..
After a while, what unfolded before the eyes of the party was a truly gigantic pit in the middle of the desert..
“over there…….”
“Where there used to be an oasis.”
As I was looking at the sight that looked like a trace left by a large meteorite hitting the ground, Muak's answer suddenly tapped my ear..
Subsequently, Noah also added an explanation..
“Incidentally, that place is also similar to the Magical Sam Arsene..”
“hmm? what does that mean?”
“Because that place is also the place where the gap in the abyss opened a thousand years ago..”
At the word “crack in the abyss,” Seoric’s eyes sank even deeper. Meanwhile, Istan paid attention to what he had just been reported to..
“Rather, where is the body?”
“They are scattered all over the pit. If you look closely you will see.”
As the scouts said, they looked into the pit and saw bodies scattered all over the place..
Istan, who watched the scene closely, eventually came to a conclusion..
“It looks like you got into a fight with someone.”
“But isn't the Imperial Army the only enemy of the Desert Church??”
“yes i know that too…….”
Istan, who was speechless, looked away..
Muak is where his eyes are directed. But Muak didn't know anything about it either..
“I don't know if you ask me It's been quite a while since I left the Sanctuary, too..”
In the meantime, various things happened, such as contact with the abyss. It was no wonder that Muak was unaware of the circumstances..
The moment the clues were cut again like that.
I suddenly felt a familiar face.
“Your Excellency Count Deorg.”
“I think you should come here.”
Agents of the Crow Brigade.
Istan asked in retrospect..
“Did you find any special clues??”
“Yes, I found the stairs leading to the sanctuary's basement, but the stairs are piled high with cultist corpses..”
Traces of Oasis A report that seems more helpful than corpses scattered here and there..
Without hesitation, the group followed the agents and arrived at their destination. It was a fairly large passage leading to the basement of the sanctuary..
“ugh, this…….”
“What a grim sight.”
Theoric swallowed a low moan..
As he said, the corpses of pagans were piled up like a wall all over the stairs..
and had one thing in common.
“My head is all looking at the basement.”
“Well, it must have happened while blocking something from coming to the surface..”
Ian added some guesses to Sven's powers of observation..
Their words were quite reasonable, and around the time they were examining the corpses to obtain more detailed information..
Suddenly, Theoric widened his eyes..
“Oh wait! Come to think of it, didn't the new leader of the church say that the monsters of the abyss were brought from the basement of the sanctuary??”
“exactly.”
“ok, that sounds like…….”
“Did this happen after facing the abyss??”
Istan muttered with a puzzled face..
I've been told that just in case, but for now this is the most likely..
“but i don't understand Why are the cultists who should be allies of the abyss?…….”
Of course, many questions arose as well..
However, there was a limit to approaching the truth with only the clues given so far, and Noah muttered as he looked at the stairs leading to the basement..
“In the end, I have no choice but to go down..”
“To agree.”
Ulan nodding his head.
Furthermore, Istan as well as the other warriors agreed. Once that was decided, the Imperial army immediately began preparing to advance..
However, the aisle was too narrow for everyone to go down, so we decided to form an advance party first..
“I will report to the commander!”
“We just finished preparing for departure.”
The advance party consisted of a little less than 10% of the troops. The number was smaller than expected, but it was by no means negligible..
Most of those who belonged to the advance party were the elite, such as the Crow Brigade or the Knights..
“then let's move.”
The advance party soon began to move underground.
They took only a few steps downstairs, but the moonlight disappeared in an instant, and soon black darkness engulfed the party..
But nothing to worry about.
Hwareuk! roar!
Torches soaring here and there. Subsequently, Laurea, Perticia, Dillia, and Noah also ignited sparks with the powers given to them..
Then, the darkness dissipated in an instant, and the party resumed their march to the basement in the same brightness as broad daylight..
some time after that.
Countless stairs have come to an end.
After that, what unfolded in front of the advance team was an enormous void. It was a huge space enough to accommodate tens to hundreds of thousands of people..
“Whoa, it's wider than I thought.”
“That's it. I never thought there would be an underground space of this size in the desert..”
Istan let out an honest admiration..
If I had known it was this large, I would have been able to bring the rest of the main unit on the ground..
After that, when I started exploring the surroundings,.
“hmm? what is that?”
Suddenly something caught my eye.
A shabby building that is presumed to have endured for quite some time. As he was examining it closely, Noah murmured as if to guess..
“It looks like a temple.”
“Accurate. That is a temple that has existed since the ancient desert kingdom. It is not known which god he worshiped..”
At Muak's answer, the party looked at the temple again as if they were curious..
However, I couldn't find a clue that could be called special in the temple, and the moment the party tried to move to another place,.
Suddenly, Sven's eyes flashed..
“everyone step back.”
“huh? why?”
“something is coming.”
As soon as he finished his answer, Ulan pulled out the ax from his waist. There was no way there were allies in a place like this.
Ulan's judgment was correct..
[aaaaaaa!]
Goosebumps from all directions.
An unpleasant sound, like blades scraping iron, echoed here and there. Soon after, the beings presumed to be the owners of the screams appeared..
[That's it! grouse!]
[aaaaaa!]
It had a rather ugly appearance..
The whole body had long since rotted away, and there were body parts presumed to be from other creatures attached here and there..
Istan frowned at the monster-like appearance and pulled out his sword..
“Are those monsters of the abyss too??”
“No, it's similar, but a little different.”
“what's different?”
“I don't feel the unique magical power of the monsters of the abyss. so that's…….”
When Noah was about to speak.
Ulan intercepted her reply..
“A human tainted by the abyss.”
“yes, that's correct.”
Noah silently nodding his head.
Like her words, those were the words of a human who had over-accepted the magic of the abyss. Also, judging by the clothes, they were presumed to be desert pagans..
I had seen it many times in my past life, so of course I knew how to deal with it..
“dilia.”
“huh?”
“i need your help.”
A sudden request from Ulan.
Dillia asked with a happy face..
“what can i do?”
“Each of them has a magic core..”
“like a witch?”
“okay. However, since the location of the nucleus is different, can you identify and display it??”
“of course. I'll give it a try.”
Dillia nods willingly.
After that, she widened her eyes and observed the flow of magical energy swimming among the monsters in an instant..
Then, in the blink of an eye, I found the supposed nuclear sites that Ulan was talking about..
aaaaaaa!
A spell that is engraved with dazzling light. Soon, Dillia's magic was activated, and the body parts of the monsters began to glow brightly..
“Can I do this?”
“It is perfect.”
Ulan grinned..
He grabbed the ax as if to run at any moment, and Istan and the party, who overheard their conversation, were able to quickly decide what to do..
“Sounds like you can aim for that road.”
“order! Aim for the shining part! That's the weakness of those monsters!”
There is nothing to be afraid of if you know the vitals.
The knights burned their fighting spirit with their menacing eyes shining. Just as he was about to get ready for battle so quickly, Sven suddenly opened his palm..
“……Wait a minute.”
“hmm? what?”
“There's something nasty out there. It's a much stronger energy than the guys who surround you right now.”
Appearance of enemies more menacing than monsters.
As I was guessing who the opponent was, I heard a loud roar from beyond the monsters..
thud! Wow! cooung!
After a while, something appeared with the ground shaking. Five or six times larger than the other monsters, Istan frowned..
“Are you a giant?”
“nope a little different from that.”
Then, Seorik shook his head..
Giants are literally giant humans..
On the other hand, the monster in front of me was not a complete humanoid. If you look closely, it's a shape made by mixing several people together and sticking them together..
then.
Muak suddenly opened his eyes..
“Ah, Arena Rudric.?!”
A cry of astonishment spilled out of his mouth.
It wasn't just that. Sirfi also opened her eyes wide in surprise. In response to this, Istan and Seorik immediately asked back..
“what does that mean?”
“Does that monster mean the next teacher??”
but no answer came back.
Of course, I didn't have to ask any more. Because the embarrassing reaction flowing from Muak at the moment meant the correct answer..
“why do you look like that…….”
The moment Muak muttered one after another.
A monster called Arena Rudric twisted a huge head from him. At the same time, a bizarre voice was heard from what was believed to be the mouth..
【to the king, worship―.】
A voice scratching iron. dripping speech.
With a terrible voice that made people frown just by hearing it, the monster suddenly spread its six pairs of arms..
【Worship the true king of the desert!】
and at that moment.
Arena Rudrick, who had turned into a monster, rushed forward with a scream. At the same time, the pagans contaminated by the abyss also attacked the party..
“come! prepare for everything!”
With Sven's shout as a warning, the battle in the Sanctuary soon began..
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